Unboxious
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- Comment on An article on HiAnime's death and anime piracy in general, from a former industry insider 1 hour ago:
That’s the thing, most anime viewers aren’t anime nerds. They just watch Solo Leveling or Frieren or whatever the latest, most hype things is and call it a day. That’s why a show whose main character barely has a personality took “Best Character” in the Crunchyroll Awards last year, even against what should’ve been stiff competition. A significant number of viewers didn’t watch any of the shows with good characters. Just Solo Leveling and maybe some isekai slop.
- Comment on An article on HiAnime's death and anime piracy in general, from a former industry insider 14 hours ago:
We’re outliers though. Less than 10% of anime viewers are gonna have opinions on how Crunchyroll is managed. They just watch whatever the latest hype thing is.
- Comment on An article on HiAnime's death and anime piracy in general, from a former industry insider 16 hours ago:
He used to work for Crunchyroll. I’ve no doubt he’s seen it happen firsthand.
- An article on HiAnime's death and anime piracy in general, from a former industry insideranimebythenumbers.substack.com ↗Submitted 17 hours ago to anime@ani.social | 14 comments
- Comment on [Discussion] Has anyone seen The 100 Girlfriends? 3 days ago:
I wouldn’t say the manga fell off hard, but it’s definitely running into practical issues with having 37 main characters.
- Comment on Super Robot Anime suggestions? 4 days ago:
First off, I’m gonna say Eureka 7 is a show that gets better as it goes on. Also, I saw that someone was recommending Brave Bang Bravern which is a favorite of mine. If you want something a little more classic though definitely check out Gunbuster (also known as Aim For the Top). It’s only 6 episodes and it’s some of the coolest stuff I’ve ever seen. Really good depiction of time dilation.
- Comment on [Discussion] Has anyone seen The 100 Girlfriends? 4 days ago:
Yeah, it’s tons of fun! Also, you’re about to hit one of my favorite moments in the whole show.
- Comment on Anime Questions, Recommendations, and Discussion Thread [2026, Week 11] 5 days ago:
I just watched Metal Skin Panic MADOX-01 to prep for tomorrow’s Quest for the Best episode, and it was a good time. The story was quite silly and the characters weren’t particularly interesting, but the old-school mech action was beautifully animated. A well-spent 40 minutes.
- Comment on [Episode] Journal with Witch • Ikoku Nikki - Episode 10 discussion 5 days ago:
Worth noting that the word used for curse here was referring to a subcategory of curses:
呪縛 [じゅばく]
(n,vs,vt) spell that restricts one’s movements; binding spell
- Comment on 'More Than 400 Piracy Domains Completely Wiped': Top 10 Anime Streaming Sites Targeted in New U.S. Government Report 5 days ago:
Okay but if they did that the episodes would all be on pirate sites day one, unlike right now where they don’t do that and the episodes are all on pirate sites day one anyways.
- Comment on 'More Than 400 Piracy Domains Completely Wiped': Top 10 Anime Streaming Sites Targeted in New U.S. Government Report 5 days ago:
And even if I shell out for a blu-ray they won’t let me conveniently watch the blu-ray on my laptop or phone. We really need a new standard.
- Comment on Evangelion Accidentally Leaked Its New 30th Anniversary Anime – So Now It’s Releasing It for Free 6 days ago:
I feel like I just watched a 15-minute high-effort shitpost. It was fun though.
- Comment on [Episode] Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End Season 2 • Sousou no Frieren 2nd Season - Episode 7 discussion 1 week ago:
Genau is so real! Why would you even talk to something like that. Literally no point in that.
Kind of undermined by the fact that he said it to the demon though.
- Comment on Announcing Winners of the 2025 Fediverse Anime Awards 1 week ago:
Yeah, it feels especially weird with ranked choice voting. Do I leave them off? Do I put them on? If I put them on, how can I possibly order two shows I haven’t seen? If everyone leaves off shows they haven’t seen, won’t this just be a list of the most-watched shows of the year?
- Comment on Yuru Camp Season 4 Teaser Visual 1 week ago:
It doesn’t have to be like that! You just gotta show up with wool socks and a decent sleeping pad. It’s a lot easier if you don’t try to hike everything in.
The midges will vary by campsite.
- Comment on Yuru Camp Season 4 Teaser Visual 1 week ago:
Careful, it’ll make you want to go camping!
- Comment on [Recommendation] What are some manga with lots of twists? 2 weeks ago:
I think if it’s a parody that would make the twists not hit as hard though.
- Comment on [Recommendation] What are some manga with lots of twists? 2 weeks ago:
I think Summertime Rendering is about as close as you can get but once per chapter is a bit much.
- Comment on Akane Banashi trailer 2 2 weeks ago:
I uhhh sure did.
- Comment on [Discussion] What is your best political intrigue anime? 2 weeks ago:
It’s Legend of the Galactic Heroes and it’s not even close. I can’t watch it right now though; one of the main villains reminds me a lot of Trump and it’s too depressing.
- Comment on Means to deceive 2 weeks ago:
If they were capable of thinking that far ahead they wouldn’t be so dead-set on wrecking the environment.
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- Comment on Means to deceive 2 weeks ago:
Do you think your corporate overlords are just going to hand out cash after laying you off?
- Comment on [Discussion] What is your best BL anime? 2 weeks ago:
I still regularly listen to both the OP and ED of Bravern
They’re some of the most-played songs on my workout playlist
Incredible show from top to bottom
I agree; the main characters were both great!
- Comment on [Discussion] What is your best BL anime? 2 weeks ago:
That’s gonna be a tough one. I’m split evenly between Brave Bang Bravern! and The Summer Hikaru Died. I think Bravern just barely edges it out for me, but it kinda depends if you want action/comedy or horror.
- Comment on I love funsubs so much! 2 weeks ago:
Yup, they always were low quality
I’m honestly not so sure about that. I really like the subs for Yakitate! Japan for example.
right now it’s so bad it’s hard to even watch.
That’s definitely an exaggeration. I’ll notice something is off maybe once an episode, and even then it’s usually pretty clear what was meant. It’s really not that big of a deal.
- Comment on I love funsubs so much! 2 weeks ago:
No idea. I’m definitely noticing more obvious errors when watching new shows than old shows though. Sometimes they’re even errors that aren’t issues with translation but could just be typos or bad English grammar for example. Things any native English speaker should be able to catch. Since Sony took over and put the geniuses who ran Funimation into the ground in charge of Crunchyroll I’m guessing they’ve been having their employees do the classic “do more work for no additional pay” thing corporations love to do.
- Comment on I love funsubs so much! 2 weeks ago:
A lot of the people who get hired to do subs are the people who used to do fansubs back in the day. There’s a lot of passion, but they aren’t usually given the time to go above and beyond.
- Comment on Manga Questions, Recommendations, and Discussion Thread [2026, Week 09] 2 weeks ago:
Can’t remember if I mentioned this last week, but I started reading Gundam Thunderbolt 10 days ago or so and it’s been really cool. The mechanical art is very good, and has a strong sci-fi feel to it. Very dark though. Holy cow, I forgot just how dark this story is.
- Comment on [Episode] Journal with Witch • Ikoku Nikki - Episode 8 discussion 2 weeks ago:
I’m guessing it’s a pet. That draws a strong parallel to what was happening in her book, and when Asa asked if she’d lost someone important the word she used in Japanese was one that would only be used to describe people.